adjective
- having the ability to develop into any type of cell or tissue in an organism
Usage: biology; developmental biology
Examples
- Embryonic stem cells are totipotent and can become any cell type in the body.
- The fertilized egg is totipotent, capable of developing into a complete organism.
- Scientists study totipotent cells to understand early development.
- Only the earliest embryonic cells remain truly totipotent.
- Totipotent stem cells have the greatest developmental potential.
- Research on totipotent cells may lead to new medical treatments.